From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Vaibhav Hiremath Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] mfd: devicetree: bindings: 88pm800: Add DT property for 32KHz output enable Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2015 13:08:14 +0530 Message-ID: <55A36AE6.5070802@linaro.org> References: <1436442431-3471-1-git-send-email-vaibhav.hiremath@linaro.org> <1436442431-3471-4-git-send-email-vaibhav.hiremath@linaro.org> <55A0C1B8.4030402@samsung.com> <55A367BE.6040103@linaro.org> <55A36939.7070607@samsung.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: <55A36939.7070607-Sze3O3UU22JBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org> Sender: devicetree-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Krzysztof Kozlowski , linux-arm-kernel-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org Cc: devicetree-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, sameo-VuQAYsv1563Yd54FQh9/CA@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, robh+dt-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, lee.jones-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org On Monday 13 July 2015 01:01 PM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote: > On 13.07.2015 16:24, Vaibhav Hiremath wrote: >> >> >> On Saturday 11 July 2015 12:41 PM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote: >>> W dniu 09.07.2015 o 20:47, Vaibhav Hiremath pisze: >>>> 88PM800 family of device supports output of 32KHz clock (low jitte= r) >>>> on CLK32K2/3 pin which can be supplied to other peripherals on the >>>> board. >>>> >>>> This patch adds the devicetree binding to enable this feature. >>>> >>>> Signed-off-by: Vaibhav Hiremath >>>> --- >>>> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/88pm800.txt | 6 ++++++ >>>> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) >>>> >>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/88pm800.txt >>>> b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/88pm800.txt >>>> index dec842f..ae1311c 100644 >>>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/88pm800.txt >>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/88pm800.txt >>>> @@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ Required parent device properties: >>>> - #interrupt-cells : should be 1. >>>> The cell is the 88pm80x local IRQ number >>>> >>>> +Optional properties : >>>> + - marvell,88pm800-32khz-xolj-out-en : If set, driver will ena= ble >>>> low jitter >>>> + version of 32Khz clock output on >>> >>> I am not sure if I understand it correctly. The hardware always has= such >>> clocks and you only want to enable/disable it in DT? Any reasons wh= y >>> these should not be enabled always? >>> >> >> Small amount of Power savings... >> Although currently I do not have power numbers to justify this. >> >> As per spec, (it only talks about power consumption in power down st= ate) >> >> Power-down State =3D> VSYS > 2.8 =3D> 4.5 =CE=BCA >> CLK32K2 =3D 0 =3D> 18 =CE=BCW > > This would be a power saving if it could be enabled/disabled runtime. > But with DT you will either: > 1. enable it always so there won't be any power saving, > 2. disable it always so there won't be such clock. > > I can find a use case - when on some boards the clock output is not > wired to anything so it cannot be used. In other cases (there is some > potential user) this should be triggered per-use (runtime enabled/dis= abled). > Exactly, > Do you have such case? I mean boards where this is not connected at a= ll > and boards where this is used? > The PXA1928 based board which I have, CLK32K1 (G3 pad) =3D Used by Wireless chip CLK32K2 (G11 pad) =3D Not connected to anything, so we need to disable this output >>> Enabling it in DT does not look like a job for DT. Maybe you there >>> should be just a clock driver (clock provider)? >>> >> >> It's init time (and one time) settings, wouldn't clock-provider >> be overkill for this? > > The clock provider would be a proper way to do it and some PMICs I kn= ow > do this. Examples are max77686 and s5m8767/s2mps11. These are PMICs u= sed > for Samsung SoCs. They have two or three 32kHz clocks. > This is good to know. Let me take a look at these drivers. Thanks, Vaibhav -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" i= n the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html